European Parliament to Revisit Telecom RegulationsThe Members of the European Parliament (MEP) are to convene once more on November 4 to discuss Internet access, along with new rules that are currently being tabled and will be the sole topic up for discussion. At the last meeting on October 6, the Council of EU Telecommunications Ministers formally rejected Parliament’s second-reading amendment on internet access, which dealt with access freedom, indirectly pointed to file sharing and creating a law on disconnecting users that do so illegally.From ZDNet, November 04, 2009

Tech Robotics Laboratory Puts Blind Drivers Behind the WheelAttaining a driver’s license for most teenagers is a must, but for some groups of people such as the blind, this adolescent rite of passage never comes. However, the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech, or RoMeLa, is working on a way to fix this.From Virginia Tech CollegiateTimes.com, November 02, 2009

Asian Nations Find Ways to Web-enable PWDsThe United Nations is looking to find new ways for some 400 million disabled people in the Asia Pacific to get access to the Internet and mobile phone technologies.From Inquirer.net, October 29, 2009

Singapore, Thailand Renew Commitment to Boost Cooperation under CSEPSingapore and Thailand have renewed their commitment to boost cooperation under the Civil Service Exchange Programme (CSEP) to ensure the process remains relevant to new challenges arising from a rapidly evolving strategic environment.From channelnewsasia.com, October 14, 2009